Siachen glacier opens for tourism—come visit the world’s highest battlefield

The world’s highest battlefield could be your next travel destination, as India opens Siachen Glacier to tourists. According to reports, India’s Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh announced this on Monday in Ladakh when he was there to inaugurate a bridge across River Shyok. Singh further stressed on Ladakh’s potential as an important tourist destination in India.
The Siachen area being opened to tourists means that now you can travel from the Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post. This has been confirmed by a tweet from the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh. The decision comes months after declaring Ladakh as a Union Territory.

About Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier is on the eastern Karakoram Range in the Himalayas, and India took over the territory in 1984 in an operation called Operation Meghdoot. Siachen Glacier is also the second largest glacier in the world outside the polar region.
The region was conflicted since it was not exactly specified as to which side the area belonged to during the Karachi Agreement in 1949. There were mountaineering expeditions to the Siachen Glacier from the Pakistan side, and that is when India launched its own expeditions, led by Colonel Narendra Kumar in 1977.

The opening of the glacier to tourists mean that it will be open to all sorts of adventure tourism, skiing resorts, and more. This is a great opportunity for India to develop one of its finest attractions, and have the world come to visit.